| The old axiom is that just because you can do | | | | "kickbacks" - legally known as "campaign |
| something doesn't mean you should. A lot of times | | | | contributions". Perhaps an investigation should be in |
| States get flushed with their own power because | | | | order?So what is Walmart to do? Some have said |
| the Constitution says that they retain the powers | | | | that Walmart should just lay off enough employees |
| not delegated to the Federal Government | | | | to get them under the 10,000 mark. Currently |
| (Amendment X: "The powers not delegated to the | | | | Walmart has an estimated 17,000 employees in the |
| United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it | | | | state. But that wont help. Next legislative session |
| to the States, are reserved to the States | | | | they will just drop the threshold to some lower |
| respectively, or to the people"). Bureaucrats who like | | | | number. And if the "your money is our money" |
| power take that to mean that they can do | | | | socialists in government had their way they would |
| whatever they want ... ignoring the other part of that | | | | simply just pass emergency legislation that would |
| amendment which mentions "the people". And even if | | | | stop Walmart from laying off enough employees to |
| the "people" want something it doesn't mean they | | | | get in under the set level.No? Don't think so? Why |
| should get it either especially if their want infringes on | | | | not? They've already passed legislation telling |
| the rights of others.Theoretically that is why we | | | | Walmart how to run it's business!No, nothing Walmart |
| have a Republican government which is to protect | | | | does short of launching a defensive nuclear attack will |
| against the ravages of pure Democracy and the | | | | do. This nuclear attack would entail Walmart closing |
| mere wants of people.The Maryland Legislature has | | | | every single store and emptying every shelf in them |
| decided that Walmart isn't paying "it's fair share" with | | | | in Maryland and laying off every last one of it's over |
| regards to health care. The unions, bureaucrats, | | | | 10,000 employees. Walmart has to do this because |
| competing businesses and assorted other economic | | | | there is similar legislation being considered in other |
| socialists have managed to get a law into place that | | | | states as well. And only if Walmart pulls out and |
| will require the retailer to spend 8% of its payroll on | | | | conducts a scorched earth nuclear campaign in |
| healthcare because they have over 10,000 | | | | Maryland will there be a chance that people will wake |
| employees in the state.Ok, so aside from the obvious | | | | up and realize what is happening here.Of course at |
| economic insanity of this approach which tells | | | | this point there is nothing preventing the Maryland |
| businesses that they should not expand, create new | | | | legislature from passing a new law that would |
| jobs and help people get out from under the welfare | | | | prevent Walmart from closing up every store either. |
| state it is also of wonder how many of these | | | | After all, they apparently think that they have this |
| legislators are voting for the bill in exchange for | | | | sort of power. |